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CVE-2020-8743
Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) Mailbox Interface driver, all versions, may allow an authenticated user to…
High7.8EPSS 0.28%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- intel
Description
Improper permissions in the installer for the Intel(R) Mailbox Interface driver, all versions, may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.28% · top 79% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Escalation of Privilege
- CWE-276 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-276 and its CVEs
Affected products
Intel(R) Mailbox Interface driver Advisory
- affected all versions
References (1)
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00394.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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